All bestir synonyms
beΒ·stir
B b verb bestir
- innervate β to communicate nervous energy to; stimulate through nerves.
- titivate β titillate.
- restore β to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish: to restore order.
- organize β to form as or into a whole consisting of interdependent or coordinated parts, especially for united action: to organize a committee.
- redouble β to double; make twice as great: to redouble one's efforts.
- resuscitate β to revive, especially from apparent death or from unconsciousness.
- reform β the improvement or amendment of what is wrong, corrupt, unsatisfactory, etc.: social reform; spelling reform.
- rejuvenate β to make young again; restore to youthful vigor, appearance, etc.: That vacation has certainly rejuvenated him.
- revive β to activate, set in motion, or take up again; renew: to revive old feuds.
- charge β If you charge someone an amount of money, you ask them to pay that amount for something that you have sold to them or done for them.
- convene β If someone convenes a meeting or conference, they arrange for it to take place. You can also say that people convene or that a meeting convenes.
- counterattack β If you counterattack, you attack someone who has attacked you.
- inspirit β to infuse spirit or life into; enliven.
- assemble β When people assemble or when someone assembles them, they come together in a group, usually for a particular purpose such as a meeting.
- muster β to assemble (troops, a ship's crew, etc.), as for battle, display, inspection, orders, or discharge.
- gather β to bring together into one group, collection, or place: to gather firewood; to gather the troops.
- refresh β to provide new vigor and energy by rest, food, etc. (often used reflexively).
- summon β to call upon to do something specified.
- resurrect β to raise from the dead; bring to life again.
- collect β If you collect a number of things, you bring them together from several places or from several people.
- renew β to begin or take up again, as an acquaintance, a conversation, etc.; resume.
- mobilize β to assemble or marshal (armed forces, military reserves, or civilian persons of military age) into readiness for active service.
- marshal β a military officer of the highest rank, as in the French and some other armies. Compare field marshal.
- surge β a strong, wavelike, forward movement, rush, or sweep: the onward surge of an angry mob.
- regroup β to form into a new or restructured group or grouping.
- reassemble β put back together
- vivify β to give life to; animate; quicken.
- anger β Anger is the strong emotion that you feel when you think that someone has behaved in an unfair, cruel, or unacceptable way.
- craze β If there is a craze for something, it is very popular for a short time.
- aggravate β If someone or something aggravates a situation, they make it worse.
- needle β a small, slender, rodlike instrument, usually of polished steel, with a sharp point at one end and an eye or hole for thread at the other, for passing thread through cloth to make stitches in sewing.
- magnify β to increase the apparent size of, as a lens does.
- rise β to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture; assume an upright position: She rose and walked over to greet me. With great effort he rose to his knees.
- deepen β If a situation or emotion deepens or if something deepens it, it becomes stronger and more intense.
- intensify β to make intense or more intense.
- bug β A bug is an insect or similar small creature.
- mount β to go up; climb; ascend: to mount stairs.
- abet β If one person abets another, they help or encourage them to do something criminal or wrong. Abet is often used in the legal expression 'aid and abet'.
- set β to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
- actuate β If a person is actuated by an emotion, that emotion makes them act in a certain way. If something actuates a device, the device starts working.
- rout β a bellow.
- vitalize β to give life to; make vital.
- spook β Informal. a ghost; specter.
- impel β to drive or urge forward; press on; incite or constrain to action.
- budge β If someone will not budge on a matter, or if nothing budges them, they refuse to change their mind or to come to an agreement.
- awake β Someone who is awake is not sleeping.
- dig in β to break up, turn over, or remove earth, sand, etc., as with a shovel, spade, bulldozer, or claw; make an excavation.
- get a move on β to pass from one place or position to another.
- lose no time β act without delay
- make haste β swiftness of motion; speed; celerity: He performed his task with great haste. They felt the need for haste.